At least when I have a conversation with my cat that's another living being. Sure, he doesn't understand the words, or care much what I think, but his disdain is pure & real & beautiful, while the chatbots are just code.

I'd never even heard of that one before, sounds like it should be far more cannibalistic than it is.

Obviously, you need to buy new ones, to support proper mince pie makers.

And obviously, the first one doesn't count for anything, it was clearly an industrial accident, not food.

I'm on autocorrect's side, that sounds better.

Knowing this episode was coming, together with the recent tribute anthology, motivated me to finally read Mythago Wood, and it was well worth it. Looking forward to hearing what you two have to say.

But not /all/ the time. And I’m trying to figure out what does and doesn’t work for me about reviewers talking about themselves when talking about a book. I think in good ones, there’s a sort of… triangulation? Where adding in your own context helps make sense of the perspective being discussed.

Thank you!